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Upcoming Africa Public Holidays (May 2025 to April 2026)

The table below contains the list of upcoming Africa public holidays for May 2025 to April 2026. The qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and beyond, is available, immediately, with a professional license.

Date	Weekday	Countries
May 14	Wednesday	Liberia, Malawi
May 15	Thursday	Burkina Faso
May 16	Friday	Congo (DRC)*, South Sudan
May 17	Saturday	Congo (DRC)
May 18	Sunday	Somalia*
May 19	Monday	Cape Verde, Somalia
May 20	Tuesday	Cameroon
May 24	Saturday	Eritrea
May 25	Sunday	Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May 26	Monday	Gambia, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May 28	Wednesday	Namibia
May 29	Thursday	Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Gabon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mayotte, Namibia, Réunion, Sénégal, Togo
June 1	Sunday	Cape Verde
June 2	Monday	Kenya
June 3	Tuesday	Uganda
June 5	Thursday	Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Sudan
June 6	Friday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda
June 7	Saturday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan*, Sudan, Tunisia
June 8	Sunday	Burundi, Gabon, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia*
June 9	Monday	Burundi, Bénin, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion, Sudan, Sénégal, Togo, Uganda
June 10	Tuesday	Congo (Republic)
June 12	Thursday	Nigeria
June 16	Monday	South Africa
June 18	Wednesday	Seychelles
June 19	Thursday	Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles
June 20	Friday	Eritrea
June 21	Saturday	Togo
June 25	Wednesday	Mozambique
June 26	Thursday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Libya, Madagascar, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia
June 27	Friday	Djibouti, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia*
June 28	Saturday	Djibouti
June 29	Sunday	Seychelles
June 30	Monday	Central African Republic, Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Zambia
July 1	Tuesday	Botswana, Burundi, Ghana, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania*, Zambia
July 4	Friday	Rwanda
July 5	Saturday	Algeria, Algeria, Cape Verde, Gambia, Sénégal
July 6	Sunday	Comoros, Malawi, Mali, Somalia
July 7	Monday	Gambia, Malawi, Tanzania
July 9	Wednesday	South Sudan
July 12	Saturday	Sao Tome and Principe
July 14	Monday	Mayotte, Réunion
July 17	Thursday	Lesotho
July 21	Monday	Botswana
July 22	Tuesday	Botswana, Gambia
July 25	Friday	Tunisia
July 26	Saturday	Liberia, Niger
July 30	Wednesday	Morocco, South Sudan
July 31	Thursday	Congo (DRC)*
Aug 1	Friday	Bénin, Congo (DRC), Rwanda
Aug 2	Saturday	Congo (DRC)
Aug 3	Sunday	Equatorial Guinea, Niger
Aug 4	Monday	Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Zambia
Aug 5	Tuesday	Burkina Faso
Aug 7	Thursday	Côte d'Ivoire
Aug 8	Friday	Tanzania
Aug 9	Saturday	South Africa
Aug 11	Monday	Chad, Zimbabwe
Aug 12	Tuesday	Sénégal, Zimbabwe
Aug 13	Wednesday	Central African Republic, Tunisia*
Aug 14	Thursday	Morocco
Aug 15	Friday	Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mayotte, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sénégal, Togo
Aug 16	Saturday	Gabon
Aug 17	Sunday	Gabon
Aug 20	Wednesday	Morocco
Aug 21	Thursday	Morocco
Aug 24	Sunday	Liberia
Aug 25	Monday	Liberia
Aug 26	Tuesday	Namibia
Aug 28	Thursday	Mauritius
Aug 30	Saturday	Gabon
Sep 1	Monday	Eritrea, eSwatini
Sep 4	Thursday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Bénin, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Mayotte*, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Tunisia
Sep 5	Friday	Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia
Sep 6	Saturday	eSwatini, Morocco*, Sao Tome and Principe
Sep 7	Sunday	Mozambique
Sep 8	Monday	Mozambique
Sep 11	Thursday	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Sep 12	Friday	Mali
Sep 15	Monday	Zimbabwe
Sep 16	Tuesday	Libya
Sep 17	Wednesday	Angola
Sep 21	Sunday	Ghana
Sep 22	Monday	Ghana, Mali
Sep 24	Wednesday	Guinea-Bissau, South Africa
Sep 25	Thursday	Mozambique
Sep 27	Saturday	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Sep 30	Tuesday	Botswana, Sao Tome and Principe
Oct 1	Wednesday	Botswana, Nigeria
Oct 2	Thursday	Guinea
Oct 4	Saturday	Lesotho, Mozambique
Oct 9	Thursday	Uganda
Oct 10	Friday	Kenya
Oct 12	Sunday	Equatorial Guinea
Oct 13	Monday	Burundi, Equatorial Guinea
Oct 14	Tuesday	Tanzania
Oct 15	Wednesday	Malawi, Tunisia*
Oct 18	Saturday	Zambia
Oct 20	Monday	Kenya, Mauritius
Oct 21	Tuesday	Burundi
Oct 23	Thursday	Libya
Oct 24	Friday	Zambia
Oct 31	Friday	Burkina Faso
Nov 1	Saturday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Réunion, Seychelles, Sénégal, Togo
Nov 2	Sunday	Angola, Guinea-Bissau*, Mauritius
Nov 6	Thursday	Liberia, Morocco
Nov 10	Monday	Angola, Mozambique*
Nov 11	Tuesday	Angola, Mayotte, Réunion
Nov 12	Wednesday	Comoros
Nov 15	Saturday	Côte d'Ivoire
Nov 18	Tuesday	Morocco
Nov 28	Friday	Chad, Congo (Republic), Mauritania
Nov 29	Saturday	Liberia
Dec 1	Monday	Central African Republic, Chad
Dec 5	Friday	Ghana
Dec 8	Monday	Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles
Dec 9	Tuesday	Tanzania
Dec 10	Wednesday	Namibia
Dec 11	Thursday	Burkina Faso
Dec 12	Friday	Kenya
Dec 16	Tuesday	South Africa
Dec 17	Wednesday	Tunisia
Dec 18	Thursday	Niger
Dec 20	Saturday	Réunion
Dec 21	Sunday	Sao Tome and Principe
Dec 22	Monday	Zimbabwe
Dec 24	Wednesday	Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, South Sudan
Dec 25	Thursday	Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Dec 26	Friday	Angola, Botswana, eSwatini, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Dec 31	Wednesday	Angola, Guinea-Bissau
Jan 1	Thursday	Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, eSwatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Jan 2	Friday	Angola, Botswana, Congo (DRC)*, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Togo
Jan 3	Saturday	Burkina Faso, Congo (DRC)
Jan 4	Sunday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 6	Tuesday	eSwatini
Jan 7	Wednesday	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan
Jan 8	Thursday	Bénin
Jan 9	Friday	Bénin
Jan 11	Sunday	Morocco
Jan 12	Monday	Algeria, Tanzania
Jan 13	Tuesday	Cape Verde
Jan 14	Wednesday	Morocco
Jan 15	Thursday	Congo (DRC)*, Malawi
Jan 16	Friday	Comoros, Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Mayotte, Somalia
Jan 17	Saturday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 19	Monday	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Jan 20	Tuesday	Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali
Jan 25	Sunday	Angola*
Jan 26	Monday	Uganda
Feb 1	Sunday	Mauritius, Mauritius, Rwanda
Feb 2	Monday	Rwanda
Feb 3	Tuesday	Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe
Feb 4	Wednesday	Angola
Feb 5	Thursday	Burundi
Feb 11	Wednesday	Cameroon, Liberia
Feb 15	Sunday	Mauritius
Feb 16	Monday	Angola, Uganda
Feb 17	Tuesday	Angola, Cape Verde*, Libya, Mauritius
Feb 18	Wednesday	Cape Verde*, Gambia, Sierra Leone
Feb 21	Saturday	Zimbabwe
Mar 2	Monday	Ethiopia
Mar 3	Tuesday	Malawi
Mar 6	Friday	Ghana
Mar 8	Sunday	Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia
Mar 9	Monday	Burkina Faso, Chad, Sierra Leone, Zambia
Mar 11	Wednesday	Lesotho, Liberia
Mar 12	Thursday	Mauritius, Zambia
Mar 15	Sunday	Liberia
Mar 16	Monday	eSwatini, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia
Mar 17	Tuesday	Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger
Mar 18	Wednesday	Comoros
Mar 19	Thursday	Comoros
Mar 20	Friday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte*, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Tunisia, Uganda
Mar 21	Saturday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia
Mar 22	Sunday	Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco*, Sudan, Tunisia
Mar 23	Monday	Angola, Gambia, Ghana, Sudan
Mar 26	Thursday	Mali
Mar 29	Sunday	Central African Republic, Madagascar
Apr 2	Thursday	Cape Verde*
Apr 3	Friday	Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, eSwatini, Gambia, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 4	Saturday	Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Seychelles, South Sudan, Sénégal, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 5	Sunday	Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Namibia, South Sudan, Sudan*, Zambia
Apr 6	Monday	Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mayotte, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 7	Tuesday	Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania
Apr 9	Thursday	Tunisia*
Apr 10	Friday	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia
Apr 12	Sunday	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan*
Apr 14	Tuesday	Mauritius
Apr 17	Friday	Gabon
Apr 18	Saturday	Zimbabwe
Apr 19	Sunday	eSwatini
Apr 20	Monday	eSwatini
Apr 24	Friday	Niger
Apr 25	Saturday	eSwatini
Apr 26	Sunday	Tanzania
Apr 27	Monday	Mayotte, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo
Apr 28	Tuesday	Zambia
Apr 29	Wednesday	Cape Verde*

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